A STUDY ON DIFFICULTIES AND SOLUTIONS IN DEVELOPING THE LISTENING SKILLS OF STUDENTS AT THUAN QUY SECONDARY SCHOOL

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Listening, the most fundamental language skill to effective communication, is inextricably linked to and interacted with the other language skills - speaking, reading, and writing. This study aims to investigate the difficulties of secondary school students in listening and explore the factors that cause listening difficulties in secondary school students. This research is conducted at Thuan Quy Secondary school. The subjects of this research are 9-grade students and the sample consists of 80 students. The study is a mixed-methods approach utilizing a questionnaire and an interview. As for elements of those difficulties, it relates to the speed of speech, insufficient vocabulary, different accents of speakers, lack of concentration, anxiety, and bad quality of the recording. This leads to a serious consequence that students' foreign language proficiency is low as well as difficulties in teaching and learning. The issues of teaching listening are becoming increasingly clear as a result of new strategies that contribute to successful listening and, moreover, the widespread availability of technology to assist language learners in improving their listening skills. This study discusses the importance of listening in language acquisition, as well as the difficulties in obtaining listening competency and some ways for overcoming them.